That man on vacation caught Oscar looking embarrassed and tormented

The answer to “That man on vacation caught Oscar looking embarrassed and tormented” in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword is HECTORED — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Telegraph Cryptic crossword on September 28, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 14-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“That man on vacation caught Oscar looking embarrassed and tormented” answer

HECTORED (8 letters)

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What does HECTORED mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of HECTORED is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “That man on vacation caught Oscar looking embarrassed and tormented” appeared?

The Telegraph Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 28, 2026 (most recent) → HECTORED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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